In a charred moonscape, a band of hopeful workers try to save the Joshua tree Enlarge this image toggle caption Krystal Ramirez for NPR Krystal Ramirez for NPR "The Country since leaving the Colorado has been a dry rocky sandy Barren desert." Enlarge this image toggle caption Krystal Ramirez for NPR Krystal Ramirez for NPR What she means is the …
SAN MARTÍN, Peru — The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees. Mitchard …
Volunteers Joe Landeros and Anthea Raymond tamp down the earth around a newly planted Joshua tree seedling in the California Mojave Desert. To see all the scorched trees, it’s really a lot to take in.” Over 1,500 Joshua tree seedlings will be planted in the California Mojave Desert, where the Dome fire wrought devastation. “Then the Dome fire happened, and …
